Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'ground' occurs 269 times in the standard works.

39 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'ground' in the standard works and contain 14.5% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 17 minutes to read the entire list.

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Lam. 2:9-10 (3 in 2 verses)

Gen. 2:5-7 (3 in 3 verses)

3 Ne. 17:12-14 (3 in 3 verses)

Moses 3:5-7 (3 in 3 verses)


Abr. 5:5-7 (3 in 3 verses)

 5:5 According to all that which they had said concerning every plant of the field before it was in the earth, and every herb of the field before it grew; for the Gods had not caused it to rain upon the earth when they counseled to do them, and had not formed a man to till the ground.

 5:6 But there went up a mist from the earth, and watered the whole face of the ground.

 5:7 And the Gods formed man from the dust of the ground, and took his spirit (that is, the man's spirit), and put it into him; and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and man became a living soul.




Ex. 4:3 (2 in 1 verse)

Josh. 3:17 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 29:4 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 26:16 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 89:16 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 4:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Judg. 6:39-40 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 23:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 30:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 19:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Jacob 5:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

Jacob 5:43-44 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 164 1 165
NT 28 3 31
BM 47 4 51
DC 10 1 11
PGP 20 0 20
Moses 13 0 13
Abr. 5 0 5
JS-H 2 0 2
TOTAL 269 9 278

Abr. 5:5
According to all that which they had said concerning every plant of the field before it was in the earth, and every herb of the field before it grew; for the Gods had not caused it to rain upon the earth when they counseled to do them, and had not formed a man to till the ground.

Abr. 5:6
But there went up a mist from the earth, and watered the whole face of the ground.

Abr. 5:7
And the Gods formed man from the dust of the ground, and took his spirit (that is, the man's spirit), and put it into him; and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and man became a living soul.

Abr. 5:9
And out of the ground made the Gods to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight and good for food; the tree of life, also, in the midst of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and evil.

Abr. 5:20
And out of the ground the Gods formed every beast of the field, and every fowl of the air, and brought them unto Adam to see what he would call them; and whatsoever Adam called every living creature, that should be the name thereof.